[lbo-talk] millions strike in India

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

Doug posted:
> Millions join national strike in India to protest privatisation plans
>
> 1 hour, 40 minutes ago
>
> NEW DELHI (AFP) - A national strike has disrupted flights and shut   
> down government offices and banks in India as millions of state  
> workers staged a one-day protest over moves to liberalise Asia's   
> fourth-largest economy.
>
> Television station NDTV said some 40 million workers had joined  
> Thursday's strike, matching the prediction of M.K. Pandhe,  
> president of the trade union group CITU, who Thursday described the  
> response as  "unprecedented".

Is there anyone among posters or lurkers or archive watchers here who  
participated in or observed the strike?  Send me a report and/or  
photos at yoshie at monthlyreview.org!

Yoshie Furuhashi
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